Real Recruiting Standards · 2025-26

Southern Miss

What it actually takes to run at Southern Miss

NCAA Division I · Sun Belt · MS

Every mark below belongs to someone Southern Miss actually signed for 2025-26 — 10 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.

Southern Miss is a 10,012-student public campus in Hattiesburg, MS and competes in the Sun Belt. Jon Stuart leads a staff of 5 covering 1 event group.

Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.

The Southern Miss program at a glance

Division
NCAA Division I
Conference
Sun Belt
Campus
Hattiesburg, MS
Enrollment
10,012 students

Public institution

T&F operating budget
$545K men · $891K women

Program expense, not scholarship aid

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Men's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

100mSprints
11.671 signee
200mSprints
25.051 signee
DiscusThrows
50.04m1 signee

+1 more event with real signee standards — Shot Put

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Women's standards

American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.

3200mDistance
11:18.152 signees
1600mDistance
4:58.271 signee
DiscusThrows
45.24m1 signee

Who recruits for Southern Miss

Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.

  • Jon StuartTrack & Field/Cross Country Head CoachDistance
  • Nick GibsonHead Cross Country/Assistant Track CoachDistance
  • Kyle StringerAssistant Track and Field Coach
  • Myreon SartinAssistant Track and Field Coach
  • Zayne PalominoGraduate Assistant

Direct, verified contact info for the full Southern Miss staff lives in the member database.

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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.

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